Monday

Singing traditional Finnish folk poetry


Brothers Poavila and Triihvo Jamanen reciting
traditional Finnish folk poetry
(Kalevala) in the village
of Uhtua , present-day Republic of Karelia, Russia, 1894.

While singing they swing their bodies backward and forward.
Often the singers sit facing each other astride the same
bench instead of on opposite benches
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The two photos are by I. K. Inha (1865-1930)
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Singing the Kalavala
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